Best In Blue

Here is number 2 of my embossed cards. i began by melting Melt It powder with WOW embossing powder in Whirlpool, and also some chicks cut from a hot glue stick ( the kind you put in a hot glue gun) I wanted the embossing to be less brittle and the addition of the glue helps with that. 

I poured everything out onto a non pourous sheet and spread it a little with a metal palette knife. I didn't want a solid piece, i rather like the gaps. 

While that was cooling I dabbed some paint onto a piece of card. I used PaperArtsy Fresco in Cherry Red, China and Pansy. 

I scraped the paint across the card, and added a little white too. 

I then added random amount of embosing powder over the paint. I used Vintage Amethyst, Whirlpool and Strawberry Crush. 

I have all my embossing powders stood in a drawer, lids upwards. to see which is which I took off each lid and pulled out the little foam/plastic circle. I then embossed a circle of card for each colour, popped it into the lid and replaced the foam/plastic circle. Now I can look down into the drawer and see at a glance which colour I need. 

Look at that random sparkle.. 

This card has a linen texture, I dry brush paint accross it, just enough to pick up the texture. I then embossed the text from HPXT03 using WOW Ebony. 

I peeled up the Whirpool embossing from the sheet and cut 2 hearts from it. I like how they are lumpy and a bit shabby... perfect. The text was mounted onto the dry brushed card and turned into a small tag. 

Just before mounting everything together I flicked some Nougat Fresco  paint across the background. 

Try some freehand embossing in your backgrounds.. 

Darcy x

Warm and Fuzzy

I recently needed to make some cards, and as I already had my embossing powders and glitters out, what better way to use them. I made 3 very sparkly cards, here is number 1. 

I usually like to work on white linen card blanks, but I think i have used them all and they aren't easy to find at a decent price. however I have a load of cream ones left. I always feel a bit limited with the cream ones, hence the colour schemes, but in the end they turned out lovely. 

I started with a Hero Arts background stamp (Antique Flower) and WOW embossing powder in Copper. 

The copper is a really lovely colour and has always been a favourite of mine. I prefer it to gold. 

Next I cut a strip of card and covered the whole thing with WOW embossing Glitter in Turkish Nights, this is one of the brand new colours. 

This title is from HPXT03 (PaperArtsy) and the embossing is WOW Bark. 

I made some daisies with paper clay, using this cute mould. 

I painted the clay first with black,  then I added a little WOW Metalline Blue, then a little WOW Frozen. and finally added Turkish nights to the centre. 

Here are all the bits layered up. I added a scrap of lace under the daisy, 

I love the sheen of the copper, and the blue daisy just adds a little pop of colour against the neutral tones. 

I am having fun with these powders, I think we all went crazy for embossing powders in the day and then put them away in drawers. Get them out and play, we need a bit of sparkle in these dark dreary days. 

Darcy x

Wow Oh Wow

The very lovely people over at WOW embossing sent me some of their brand new embossing Glitters to try out. Glitter doesn't really do them justice, if you love bling then you must have these new colours. 

I simply could not decide which I liked best, Each lid I removed garnered more oohs and ahhs. They have a whole load of new products this season, all of which have been showcased recently at CHA by the gorgeous Marion Emberson. Check out her blog for photos of the new products on display at CHA. You can also see her demoing via Periscope 

Here are my sparkly pots of glee. 

I decided to make a ring, just to try one of the colours out. It is a simple but effective process, and you can see Marion herself show you the technique in this video. 

I started with my foil dish and peg handle and some Melt it powder mixed with Heart Throb. 

I chose to use the large Pansy silicone mould, this is a really elegant and quite flat flower, and I love it. Sadly this one is going to be retired, so grab yours while you still can. Pansy Mould 

After heating the mixed powder and glitter ( from underneath first) i was then able to pour into the mould. While still hot and molten I pushed the ring blank into the liquid and held it in place with a peg while it set. 

Ta-daaa!

Just to add a bit more bling... more is more right? I tickled the edges with just a tiny bit of White Fire Treasure Gold. I love it so much I have worn it everyday since. 

Hope you liked that, I think this year will be an embossing year. i have a few ideas that I want to try out, so watch this space. 

Darcy x